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APPARATUS FOR PRINTING TRANSFER-DESIGNS ON PAPER IN TWO OR MORE COLORS OR MEDIUMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 1, 1909.

Application filed August 22, 1908. Serial No. 449,856.

ratus for Printing Transfer-Designs on Pa- )er in Two or More Colors or Mediums, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is connected with the printing of transfer designs on paper in two or more colors and to apparatus for accomplishing this object.

It is a well known plan to print transfer designs on paper in a single color which is afterward ironed off on to a fabric whereby the design, is transferred. Hitherto small designs in two colors have been printed separately by blocks on transfer aper to a hmlted extent, but the general p an has been to have the separate colored portion of a design on se )arate transfer papers, and to transfer each portion of the design separately. This necessitates two rocesses, two sets of transfer papers, and di iculty in insuring correct register. 7 Under this invention I seek to print in two or more colors at one operation upon a single paper and continuously by the operation of a single machine, the paper being passed therethrough and printed in the two colors so that the'eolors 1n the design will register correctly or sufficiently so for all practical purpose. I believe it to be quite new to aim duction of a' single more colors.-

I will indicatethe manner of production and the class of apparatus which I purpose using and which apparatus I shall describe in detail.

It is first of all desirable to incorporate paper printed in two or I with the color first printed some substance 5 which will cause thefirst color to dry more rapidly and an incorporation of shellac will serve this purpose, but other substances may useful for such object. Then the paper bearing the first imprint must have a sufficiently long traverse to give the color time to set or dry before the paper re.- ceives the imprint from the second rotating 'die or printing cylinder.

useful l Improvementsln and Connected with Appaequal or uniform extent.

Y printing cylinder is driven.

adjustable an; To insure correct register it is necessary to be able to adjust either or both of the rotating dies or printing cylinders circumferentially, and endwise, and preferably I have this power of l adjustment with respect to both cylinders.

I rint by the cylinders against backing r0 ers or drums, and these must be carried so as to allow of ready adjustment toward or from the printing cylinders, and it is best that a motion be fitted to allow of the two bearings being adjusted to an absolutely Then I find it desirable to print both colors hot and the (P-1'11?- peratu're of the first color may be higher than the second. All these factors are to a certain extent necessary, and having specified such, I will now proceed to describe the apparatus used by me, with the. help of the at tached nine sheets of drawings.

With regard to the said drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the two color printing apparatus, which is broken in length and elsewhere for want of space on the sheet. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation showing the means for supporting and actuating the 1st rotating die or printing cylinder and the means for accurately and uniformly setting-up or shiftingthe backing roller. Fig. 3 shows an end view of the doctor which holds the color and contacts with the printing cylinder. Fig. 4 is a. plan of said doctor broken in length. Fig. 5 is a front view of the printing cylinder supporting and adjusting means, the gear driving wheel for same, and the worm gear for adjusting the printing cylinder circumferentially,and other details Fig. 6 indicates by a front view how the 1st spur pinion in the tra n of three inions for driving the 1st printing cylinder is actuated, and also the way in which the upright shaft conveying motion to the 2nd Fig. 7 is a broken lan view of the back and front shafts with pulleys, and indicates also the driving for the train of 3 pinions, and for the upright shaft. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the back shaft, certain pulleys and sheaths, and the strap fork, sto rod &c. Fig. 9 shows a side elevation of t 1e gear and parts in connection with the 2nd revolving die or printing cylinder. Fig. 10 indicates in detail a guide rod or bar .larly, and of which one, two, or more are used to guide the paper. Fig. 11

is a detail plan of one of the supports for the guide roller which is indicated in Fig. 1.

I will now describe the machine illustrated. Upon suitable l'ramework and carried in bear ings I arrange a first motion shaft 1 with last and loose pulleys 2, 3 said shal't carrying cone pulleys 4 which drive other cone pulleys 5 at the front of the printing machine said pulleys 5being mounted on a shalt 6 as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The shaft 6 has a spur pinion 7 gearing into another pinion 8 which drives a third pinion 9 the pinion 9 driving the 1st revolving die or printing cylinder 10. The printing cylinder 10 is an engraved cylinder 5 and is carried on trunnions or centers 11, 11

which fit in coned ends on the printing cylinder. Such trunnions or rather the carriers thereof are adjustable. The one on the left has its carrier set up by an adjusting screw 12 and the one on the right by an adjusting device 13. The trunnions are really two longitudinally adjustable centers and all the parts are carried in the adjustable bearing supports 14 14 movable on the slides 15 15. A driving connection requires to be established be.- tween the disk 18 carrying the trunnion 11 on the left and the printing cylinder, and this may take the form of a disk with pins 16 16 on opposite faces, the said pins entering holes in the disk 12 and the printing cylinder 10 (see Fig. 5). The position of these pins may be varied as required to suit the printing roller.

The printing cylinder 1.0 is adjusted circumferentially by rotating a worm wheel 17 which is fixed to the shaft 18 driving the cylinder 10, the spur pinion 9 being loose on the boss of the worm wheel 17 and locked to the worm wheel by means of a worm 19, and such worm 19 is rotated as required to turn the worm wheel 17 and impart the desired angular movement for adjusting the cylinder 11) circumferentially. Ordinarily the worm wheel 17 is locked to the gear wheel 9 by the worm 19 and the three revolve a solid piece as will be understood. Fig. 5 indicates the parts sufliciently clearly. This identical motion is fitted to the 2nd printing cylinder 10 and likewise the endwise adjusting means.

To drive the 2nd printing cylinder I use an upright shaft 20 supported in suitable bearlugs and to actuate this shalt a miter wheel 21 on the shalt 6 drives a miter wheel 22,

similar miter wheels 23, 24 occurring at the top, and so the shalt 25 is driven and the pinion 26 which is the equivalent of the pinion 7, and this pinion 26 drives the )inion 27 the equivalent of the pinion 9 and this pinion 27 carries the worm adjusting gear for circumferential or angular setting, and its center is the one where the endwise adjusting means for adjusting the printing cylinder longitudinally are located. The side standards 28, 28 carry the 2nd printing cylinder 10 and all the attendant gear, as indicated by Figs. 1 and 6.

The doctor blades 29 (in Figs. 3 and 4) hold and support the color against the printing cylinders and such blades are conveniently held in a clamp 30 having trunnions 31 which fit bearing blocks 32 (Fig. 2) each block being adjustable by screws The face of each doctor blade fits below the particular printing cylinder and the intervening spacel'orms a trough for the color which is somewhat thick. Each doctor plate has slotted tails 34 toward each end and through the slots a clamping stud 35 (see Fig. 5) passes, having a thumb-nut 36 to ermit adjustment and to enable the doctor b ade to be held against the printing cylinder with the desired degree of pressure. The Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show the details as to the doctor blades 29 and the manner of carrying same.

The rollers or drums 37, 37 against which the paper is printed, by the 1st and the 2nd printing cylinders 10 and 10*, are carried in bearing blocks 38' 38 the bases of which fit planed ways or slides 39 and such bearing blocks carry nuts 40. Fixed to the slides are bearings 41 for screwed spindles 42 and such screwed spindles engage said nuts 4 0 and carry at the other extremity each a miter'wheel 43. In bearing arms 44 is supported a crossshaft 45 iitted with miter wheels 46, gearing with the miter wheels 43, and said shaft 45 carriesa hand-wheel 4'7 by rotating which the shaft 45 is turned and the miter gear actuated, with result, that the screws 42 are rotated and advance or retract the bearing blocks 38 and consequently the rollers or drums 37 as required. This motion for setting the backing roller 37 occurs with relation to the backing roller 37 of the second printing cylinder as Fig. 9 clearly indicates.

Owing to ditliculty in dealing with the paper to be printed on, it is desirable to make provision to adjust the guide bars, such as 48 and 48 out of a truly horizontal position and I therefore so mount some, or all the guide bars, that they can be suitably inclined from the horizontal if required, and with this object I carry same in the way indicated by Fig. 10. In this figure the guide bar 48 is pivoted at the point 49 to a bracket 50 bolted at 51 to one of the side standards 28 while the opposite end of the guide bar has a sliding boss or ring 52 slidably engaging a screwed spindle 53 on a bracket, attached to the other side' standard 28, the position of the boss or ring 52 being regulated by lock nuts 54 54 whereby the position of guide bar 48 can be adjusted as required. The other bar 48 is carried in a similar manner. The guide roller 55 is also preferably so supported as that either end may be adjusted horizontally or vertihas a shank piece 66 bored through and a and on screw 60.

'batcl'iing roll 68.

same being lettered and for-this purpose such guide roller pa per, a backing roller, a printing cylinder, 55 is supported at each end by compoun a color supporting and adjustable doctor brackets. Such brackets cannot be well blade, gear driving means for said printing shown in Fig. lv but are indicated by F ig. 1] cylinder, endwise adjusting means for said which is a plan partly in section. I cylinder, worm gear allowing circuinferential -The..main bracket 56 is bolted to the side adjustment of said cylinder, paper guiding standard 28 and supports a verti-ally addevices insuring a long traverse, a second justable bracket 57 moved by an adjusting backing roll, a second printing cylinder, endscrew 58, while the roller ,55 sits in bearings wise adjusting means for said. cylinder, worin formed in a bracket 59 adjustable horizongear for circumferential adjustment, and a tally on the brackets 57 by an adjusting batching device batching up the two color This arrangement is the same at printed paper, as set forth.

requisite c ally 2. A color printing machine transfer paper in two colors having adjustable guides for the paper to be printed, clam )ing means for fiking said guides, a backing roller, bevel adjusting gear for the same, a printing cylinder, a doctor contacting therewith, clamping means for said doctor, gear for driving the printingcylinder, guides both ends and provides for the horizontal and vertical adjustment.

When printing, the paper 1 is drawn from a batch such as 61 over one or more suitable stay bars or guides suchv as that marked 48- and then passes to. the backing drum 37 against which it is printed by the printing cylinder 10 with the first color, and then it istaken over the guide bar 48* to the back for insuring a long traverse to the of the machine where it is passed over a paper, a second backing roller, bevel adlarge roller 62. This roller is preferably adjusting gear, a second. printing cylinder, at justable and is so shown in Fig. 1 where the doctor contacting therewith, clamping means bearing blocks 63 are adjusted by screws 64 for said doctor, gear wheels for driving the engaging suitable nutsin connection with secondprinting cylinder, a paper guide, and. the bearing blocksfi From the roller 62 the a batching device as set fort paper P bearing the lstiinprint is conveyed 3. A color printing machine for the purpartly around the roll 55 toward the 2nd pose specified, having adjustable guides for backing drum 37, t having undergone a the paper, clamping means for holding said guides when adjusted, a backing roller, bevel gear actuated setting-up means, a printing cylinder, endwis'e adjusting means, worm gear for circumferential adjustment of said cylinder, traversing guides for the paper, a second backing roller, bevel adjusting gear, a second printing cylinder, endwise adjusting sullicicn-tly long traverse to allow the color to set su'l'liciently. Passing around the 2nd. backing drum 37 the 2nd printing cylinder 10 prints on the paper P the second. color. Leaving the 2nd backing drum the paper? passes over a supporting bar 65 and is then batched on a roller 68 or otherwise disposed of. The supporting bar 65 may be arranged gear, worm adjusting gear, paper guiding horizontally or at any re pnred angle to the means,- and .a riven batching roller as set horizontal. To enable t iis to be done it forth.

4. In a color printing machine, a first motion shaft, a shaft driven therefrom, a printing cylinder, gear wheels actuating the printingcylinder, endwise adjusting means therefor, worm gear for circumferential adjustment of said cylinder, an upright shaft, miter gear, and inion driving mechanism for a second printing cylinder, a second printing cylinder, endwise adjusting gear, worm gear for circumferential adjustment of said second cylinder, backing rollers for the paper to be printed, coupled bevel adjusting gear for the backing rollers, paper guiding means and a taking-up device as set forth.

5. A c'olor'printing machine for printing aper with a transfer design in two colors liaving adjustable guides, slotted guides in brackets for said guides, clamping means, a backing roller, bevel adjusting gear therefor, a printing cylinder, adjusting means therefor, a doctor contacting with the cylinder, adjusting means for the doctor, means for insuring a long traverse'to the paper leaving the first printing cylinder, a second backing stud 67 serves to lock the guide bar when swiveled to the required position, the stud 67 serving as the center. The large guide roll 62 is preferabl driven, as well as the his can be done by having sheaths or pulleys on the guide roll 62 the batching roll 68v and driving by corresponding sheaths on the 1st imotion shaft 1. Fig. 8 indicates at 69 the sheaths which are fixed on the shaft of the guide roll 62 and a driving band 70 actuates the spindles from sheaths 7] on the 1st motion s raft l. The spindle of the batching roll or bobbin 68 carriessheaths 72 driven by a band 73 from sheaths 74 on the 1st motion shaft 1, as shown also in Fig. 8.

The colors to be printed may be kept hot by a gas jet or jets below the doctor blades and 1 indicate a gas burner in Fig. 3 the 75.

I declare that what 1 claim is.

1. in a color printing machine for printing transfer papers in two colors, guides for the l for printing llO roller, bevel adjusting gear for the roller, a i name to this specification second printing cylinder, toothed driving two subscribing witnesses. gear therefor adjusting means for the second cylinder, finzil guiding means for the paper WILLIAM BRIGGS and taking-up means, all for the purpose Witnesses:

and as set forth. ALFRED YATEs,

In testimony whereof I have signed my NORMAN KIERNAN.

in the presence 

